Trim-A-Slab is extremely easy to install. You will need pruning shears, or one of our expansion joint cutters to do the installation.
The first thing and potentially the most difficult is the joint preparation. Unlike the gooey stuff and other expansion joint products, Trim-A-Slab requires only a 1.5 inch minimum depth; the joint needs no further work. You will not need to back-fill to get a precise depth, or add any filler strips. Just clear at least 1.5 inches, and you are done. In areas about 10 years old in Southeast Texas, about 50% of the boards are ‘ripe’ and easily removed. The indications are dropped or protruded boards, or partially missing boards, as shown in the figures below. Many times a board that seems OK and merely looks weathered is actually rotten from below.